Drew barrymore played little edie in the tv movie grey gardens 2009 but, ironically, in the original grey gardens 1975, david maysles asked little edie who she would like to portray big edie if a movie based on grey gardens were made, suggesting ethel barrymore drews greataunt, despite the fact that ethel barrymore had been dead since 1959. Jessica lange is her usual brilliant self but its drew barrymore who is the revelation here. In addition to composer rachel portmans elegant orchestral score see the delicate wedding jewels, the album includes vocal performances by the movie s lead actresses, jessica lange the breezy we belong together and drew barrymore the. Drew barrymore is an american actress, author, director, model and producer who gained recognition as a child artist for appearing in steven spielbergs top grossing scifi fantasy film e. Just in case you missed the movie, jacqueline kennedys cousin and aunt little and big edie bouvier beale lived in squalor inside their once beautiful. Drew barrymore and jessica lange were unbelievable and their acting is in true fine form. In drew barrymore beale in the television movie grey gardens, which was based on the 1975 documentary by albert and david maysles.
Director and executive producer michael sucsy and executive producer lucy barzun donnelly offer an inside look at the film. He suggested ethel barrymore, drew barrymores greataunt, who died in 1959. Grey gardens dvd based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of jackie kennedy, starring drew barrymore and jessica lange, grey gardens tells the tender, intimate story of an eccentric mother and daughter both named edith bouvier beale aka big and little edie. Details based on a true story, this madefortv, emmywinning drama stars jessica lange and drew barrymore as the aunt and cousin of jackie kennedy onassis jeanne tripplehorn, both named edie beale, who retreat from tony manhattan society to a mansion in east hampton, n. Ive always thought jessica lange was a phenomenal actress and her performance in this movie is the finest work she has done in years. Did the mold at grey gardens affect big edie and little. She captures all aspects of little edie really well. It fills in the gaps missing in the documentary by having flashbacks to their glory days. Stream free grey gardens full movie online on marvel biggest movie. In the original grey gardens 1975, david maysles asked edith little edie bouvier beale who she would want to portray her mother, edith bouvier beale, if a movie based on grey gardens were made. The book is titled edith bouvier beale of grey gardens. Grey gardens offers few new revelations about the eccentric edies, but is elevated thanks to powerhouse performances from drew barrymore and jessica lange. Drew barrymore gets grey gardens family approval e.
Back to the grey gardens with drew barrymore and jessica lange. If you love the documentary, also called grey gardens. Grey gardens is a 2009 american madefortelevision biographical drama film about the lives of edith bouvier beale little edie, played by drew barrymore, and her mother edith ewing bouvier big edie, played by jessica lange. The lives of edith bouvier beale jessica lange and her daughter edie drew barrymore, aunt and cousin of jacqueline kennedy onassis. Grey gardens 2009 stream and watch online moviefone. Jackie kennedy onassis was horrified of recluse aunt. For her performance in the acclaimed drama, she won a golden globe award. Three years later, grey gardens, the hbo movie, debuted on television. If you love the documentary, also called grey gardens, youll love this. Of course, grey gardens is also a landmark documentary, a tony awardwinning broadway musical and an hbo movie starring drew barrymore and jessica lange. The project had been in the works since 2006, though hbo was not involved at that time. Most importantly, grey gardens is a breathtaking and alluring portrait of edith beale and her daughter edie.
Its been quite some time ago i watched the movie grey gardens on hbo i think it was. She recorded her experience with drug and alcohol abuse in her 1991 autobiography little girl lost. Grey gardens music from the hbo film rachel portman. To little edie beale in the new film grey gardens, drew barrymore plays little edie beale, the legendary eccentric made famous in. Rent grey gardens 2009 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. When watching grey gardens, i was drawn in from the first minute of the movie. The documentary grey gardens catapulted the two women from virtual obscurity to cult status.
It was a typical hollywood bio but it did fill in a few unanswered questionsimportant details the documentary makers left out. Drew barrymore talks about her role as little edie bouvier beale, the cousin of jackie kennedy onassis, in hbos grey gardens. Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of jackie kennedy, starring drew barrymore and jessica lange, grey gardens tells the tender, intimate story of an eccentric mother and daughter both named edith bouvier beale aka big and little edie. Drew barrymore is seen here accepting the award for best actress in a miniseries or motion picture made for television for her performance in grey gardens at. The maysles film about big and little edie bealerelatives of jacqueline kennedy onassis, living in a dilapidated gothic mansion overrun with cats, raccoons. Grey gardens movie trailer, news, cast, interviews sbs.
The reclusive socialite edith bouvier beale is the subject of a new biopic but will drew barrymore. It also inspired a 2005 documentary titled ghosts of grey gardens, a 2006 broadway musical, a 2009 tv film starring drew barrymore and jessica lange and, earlier this year, a. Drew barrymore shows off new look at grey gardens premiere. An impossibly intimate portrait and an eerie echo of the kennedy camelot, albert and david maysless 1975 grey gardens has since become a. Stars jessica lange and drew barrymore discuss the reallife inspiration behind the film, and capturing the largerthanlife energy of their two characters. Drew barrymore and jessica lange headline this factbased drama centered on the two eccentric relatives of jackie kennedyonassis who served as the subject of david and albert maysles similarlytitled 1975 documentary.
Filmmaker michael sucsy wrote and directed a fictionalized grey gardens movie starring jessica lange and drew barrymore. Drew barrymore explains here how it was one of the most challenging roles in her career. In hbos movie, just released on dvd, drew barrymore and jessica lange take on the roles of mother and daughter in a richestorags story. She later starred in the netflix series santa clarita diet 201719, playing a realtor who becomes a zombie. Drew barrymore plays edith bouvier beale, the daughter, in 1953, in hbos dramatized version of grey gardens, based on the maysles brothers documentary. Drew barrymore hbo biopic with adult themes, alcoholism. Mother and daughter live in a world of their own behind the towering privets that surround their decaying 28room east hampton mansion known as grey gardens, a place so far gone. This 2009 soundtrack features music from the hbo film grey gardens, which is based on the renowned 1970s documentary of the same name. Grey gardens, the 1975 documentary by albert and david maysles about edith bouvier beale and her daughter, little edie, made a big splash at the time of. Hbos grey gardens trailer starring drew barrymore and. Based on the maysles brothers classic 1975 documentary, this hbo films production stars drew barrymore and jessica lange in the story of big edie and little edie bouvier beale, relatives of jacqueline bouvier kennedy, whose eccentric, mutually dependent lives played out in a decaying house known as grey gardens. It premiered on hbo in 2009 and won an emmy award for best madefortv movie.
Grey gardens, back story included, on hbo with drew. I also knew that the maysles had made a followup film that came out just a couple years ago called the beales of grey gardens. Drew barrymore grey gardens jeanne tripplehorn jessica lange ken howard kenneth welsh michael sucsy. Drew barrymore little edie beale has amassed an impressive list of films as an actress and producer, and recently added director to her credits.
Edith bouvier beale and her daughter edie, the aunt and first cousin of jacqueline kennedy onassis. Sometime after that i watched maybe 5 videos of the documentary on youtube. Back to the grey gardens with drew barrymore and jessica. Directed, produced, and cowritten along with patricia rozema by michael. Rather, this is a fictional retelling of their life story starring jessica lange and drew barrymore as big and little edie. Grey gardens 2009 full movie 123movies free watch online with english subtitles. Directed, produced, and cowritten along with patricia rozema by michael sucsy, grey gardens tells the story of big edie lange and little edie barrymore, the aunt and cousin of. Drew pearson goes off on philly, philly goes off on him. When it was announced that the maysles brothers iconic 1975 documentary grey gardens was being turned into a television movie starring drew barrymore and jessica lange, cultists were deeply skeptical, if not downright apoplectic. The following is the complete list of filmography by american actress, author, director, model and producer drew barrymore. This saturday, drew barrymore elle s may cover girlwill star in grey gardens on hbo, a movie inspired by the legendary 1975 documentary of the same name that unveiled the crumbling grey. Grey gardens movie 2009 drew barrymore, jessica lange. Behind the camera, she is enjoying success as a producer under her own flower films banner, with such hits as never. Drew barrymore and jessica lange are getting high praise for their performances in hbos grey gardens from the people who know the story like no other.